Thread:Evil Tim/@comment-6769189-20190501195941/@comment-6769189-20190506232335

Evil Tim wrote:

Any other media is external to the games, because it is not in the games. External media =/= non-canon. Especially when they are explicitly stated to take place in the same universe and in the same continuity.

Lets review your logic as to what makes them non-canon:

Different medium means that it is not canon This is a fallacy. There are games featuring DMC characters to varying degrees that are not canon.

No one said they are canon: Capcom official/representative/producer placed the anime in the DMC timeline. This by default means it is canon.

They are made so that they are not necessary to understand the story: There is some stuff in the DMC3 manga that would be necessary to understand some of DMC3. There is some stuff that happens in the anime that provides explanation for DMC4 and DMC5.

Evil Tim wrote:

You can indeed say the other games are external to DMC 5, and it does not acknowledge some aspects of them (for example, I don't think Dante is supposed to keep forgetting how to do Stinger and Air Hike). Gameplay/story segregation. Not all gameplay mechanics equate to lore. DMC4 confirms that even though Stinger is a skill that must be re-purchased for the player, it is something that Dante always knows.